Investing.com – Sweden equities were higher at the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrials, Technology and Basic Materials sectors propelled shares higher.
At the close in Stockholm, the OMX Stockholm 30 gained 0.90%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the OMX Stockholm 30 were Fingerprint Cards AB ser. B (ST:FINGb), which rose 3.76% or 0.30 points to trade at 8.28 at the close. AB SKF B (ST:SKFb) added 3.20% or 5.4 points to end at 175.8 and Volvo, AB ser. B (ST:VOLVb) was up 2.81% or 4.10 points to 150.00 in late trade.
Biggest losers included Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB A (ST:SEBa), which lost 6.19% or 5.70 points to trade at 86.40 in late trade. H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB B (ST:HMb) declined 5.04% or 6.4 points to end at 120.9 and Swedbank AB ser A (ST:SWEDa) shed 0.05% or 0.1 points to 184.4.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 381 to 239 and 49 ended unchanged on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
In commodities trading, Crude oil for May delivery was down 0.17% or 0.11 to $65.44 a barrel. Meanwhile, Brent oil for delivery in June rose 0.13% or 0.09 to hit $69.61 a barrel, while the April Gold Futures contract fell 0.91% or 12.30 to trade at $1342.70 a troy ounce.
EUR/SEK was up 0.02% to 10.1960, while USD/SEK rose 0.32% to 8.2172.
The US Dollar Index Futures was up 0.35% at 88.95.